Over the last few years I have noticed the high percentage of radio and television 'personalities' who have developed cancer and other serious illness. There is good reason to believe that being exposed to strong amounts of electro magnetic radiation in their workplaces may be responsible. The story linked below may be another indicator of the link between EMR and serious illness, this time Alzheimer's.

Wrote this in response to Anne-Marie Lenko's letter which referred to Safety Code 6 and the WHO. Ms. Lenko appears to be a colleague of Michelle Herlihy, one of the proponents of the Wi-Fi implementation:

I have no idea if my letter will be published given the content and the fact that the Peace Arch News is a sponsor of the "Wi-Fi on the Beach".

Marie-Anne Lenko is fundamentally correct in her assertion that Wi-Fi concerns should be directed at those who regulate electromagnetic emissions. The unfortunate truth is that Health Canada is wilfully ignoring the sea of red flags around this issue. The Safety Code 6 Ms. Lenko refers to allows for a one degree increase in the temperature of our flesh over a six minute period. It does not deal with the constant 7x24 non-thermal (non-heating) exposures from cell phones, cordless phones, wi-fi and cell towers that we deal with in the real world.

Regarding the World Health Organization's (WHO) stance on exposure to wireless radiation from cell phones, wi-fi, etc: Whistleblower Barry Trower, a retired British military scientist in microwave and stealth warfare has reviewed the WHO's database of studies on health effects from electromagnetic radiation and is "bemused" by the fact that 80 percent of the WHO?s studies show deleterious health effects. Yet for reasons we don't understand, the WHO continues to give the thumbs up to Wi-Fi, cell towers and cell phones.

I am 12 year senior I.T. Support Tech who has installed hundreds of Wi-Fi networks. After personally experiencing health effects from wireless microwave radiation and also looking at the reams of scientific literature on this issue I can say beyond the shadow of a doubt that we have a monumental health issue on our hands that is only going to get worse as time goes on if nothing is done to reduce our exposure. Our bodies have simply not been able to adapt to the enormous increase in man-made wireless radiation over the last 25 years.

From a technical and biological standpoint, thousands of peer reviewed, published studies have documented health effects at levels far below those of conventional Wi-Fi networks, cell towers and cell phones. As a network tech, I can tell you that even when Wi-Fi networks are in standby mode and are not transmitting any email or web browsing data, the beacon that advertises the name of the network that allows computers and other devices to connect to the network, transmits at full power - this is why almost all who are Electrohypersensitive (EHS) feel ill even when in the presence of a Wi-Fi network that is in standby mode.

Not a week goes by that I don't meet or am approached by at least one person whose health has gone South because of exposure to wireless technologies, which include cordless home phones, cell phones and Wi-Fi. Poor and broken sleep, ringing in the ears, headaches, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, rashes, many cases of heart arrhythmias - this cluster of symptoms have the majority of our health professionals dumbfounded. Those who are EHS are the proverbial "canaries in the coal mine" and as time goes on more and more people will become sensitive. This is not simply a case of a few sensitive people ? we are looking at up to 35 percent of the population that is already sensitive, based on the number of people experiencing the "cluster" of symptoms associated with this condition. Most of them have not connected the dots and realized what is causing their symptoms, and when they are away from the various sources of radiation, they quickly recover and feel better.

Since we cannot rely on Health Canada and the World Health Organization to advise us, it is up to municipalities and especially schools to "do the right thing" and exercise the precautionary principle by removing wi-fi and other wireless technologies, even if it appears to be a temporary "step backwards". I doubt that local business and our education system will grind to a halt.

Finally, the beach has historically been the place to "unplug" and enjoy the sun and surf. Given how much we all use computers and cell phones on a daily basis, wouldn't it be nice to get away from them, at least for a while?